Zulma
Zulma is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197452 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1947
- 1,649people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,649 girls have been named Zulma in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1974, with 52 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 52 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1970s alone account for 23%.
By decade
In 1974, its biggest year
Zulma was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1974 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Heather and Angela. See all of 1974.
Names that rose and fell with Zulma
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mikipeak 1973
- Aracelispeak 1971
- Katrinpeak 1977
- Deeannapeak 1969
- Leticiapeak 1980
- Christianepeak 1971
- Bridgetpeak 1973
- Nicolapeak 1972
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.